USS Flamingo (AMc-22)

USS Flamingo (AMc-22) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.

History
United States
NameUSS Flamingo
Launched1940, as Harriet N. Eldridge
Acquired4 November 1940
Commissioned6 June 1941
ReclassifiedIX-180 (Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary), 17 July 1944
Stricken8 January 1946
FateTransferred to the Maritime Commission for sale, 6 January 1945
General characteristics
TypeCoastal minesweeper
Length90 ft (27 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m)
Armament2 × .30 caliber machine guns

The ship was laid down in 1940 as the fishing dragger Harriet N. Eldridge, acquired by the U.S. Navy on 4 November 1940, and placed in service as Flamingo on 6 June 1941.

Flamingo was in service from 6 June 1941 to 10 December 1945, serving in the 4th Naval District and the Potomac River Naval Command.

She was redesignated and reclassified as the Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-180 on 17 July 1944. Flamingo was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 January 1946. Fate unknown.

References

  • Photo gallery of USS Flamingo(AMc-22/IX-180) at NavSource Naval History
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